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Watercolor portrait of a veiled woman in white with blue and brown garment trim against a beige background.

Turkish Lady of Brusa

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1814

Watercolor of a stone church tower with crenellations and pinnacles above a churchyard, with rooftops and green hills behind.

Church Tower, Marldon

Cass Gilbert, 1924

Two girls arranging roses and garlands on a yellow-draped table beside a vase and basket, against a dark background.

Girls and Flowers

George Cochran Lambdin, 1855

Watercolor of a cemetery with leaning tombstones, timber houses with red roofs, a reclining figure, and a tree under cloudy s

Cemetery in Pera

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1814

Four hooded figures in draped brown cloaks stand huddled together on barren ground beneath a pale sky.

Shapes of Fear

Maynard Dixon, 1931

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, brown coat and white cravat, set in an oval against a dark background.

A Member of the Livingston Family

John Smibert, 1740

Two purple grackles perched on corn stalks, one brown and one iridescent blue-black, painted in watercolor on aged paper.

Purple Grackle

John James Audubon, 1785

Still life painting of a dark glass bottle beside a yellow-red apple on a green surface against a brown background.

Still Life--Apples and Bottle

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Still life painting of a stoneware jug, painted fan, roses, teacup and open book on a white tablecloth against a dark backgro

Still Life with Fan and Roses

Thomas Hovenden, 1874

Painting of a crowded market outside walled city gates, with a hilltop town, minaret, palm trees and robed figures.

Market Day Outside the Walls of Tangiers, Morocco

Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1873

Painting of an elderly man in a white blanket before an adobe pueblo and blue-pink mountains, with figures in a sunlit plaza.

Antonio Concha, Old Man of Taos

Gerald Cassidy, 1924

Painting of an elderly bearded man with white beard and green robe against a dark brown background.

Head of a Jew in Palestine

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1899

Watercolor of nude and clothed women in front of a hazy beach scene with sailboats and walking figures.

Untitled (Woman with Black Hair and Two Children)

Charles Demuth, 1909

Oil painting of an elderly woman with gray hair and shell necklace before sunlit adobe pueblo buildings and a blue sky.

Old Man of Zuni, High Priest (Cacique)

Gerald Cassidy, 1924

Watercolor of a canyon with a crowd of small figures on a ledge beneath a dark, sweeping sky and rising smoke.

A Cliff Dweller's Ceremony, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1924

Painting of a woman and child at a stone fountain while a bearded man with a cane watches from a doorway.

At the Water Trough

J. Alden Weir, 1876

Painting of yellow, white and pink chrysanthemums in terracotta pots, with a butterfly and trailing vine against a pale backg

Autumn Sunshine

George Cochran Lambdin, 1880

Watercolor of a flat-topped sandstone mesa above desert scrub and red earth under a cloudy sky.

The Enchanted Mesa

William Henry Holmes, 1927

Watercolor of a winter creek with bare trees reflected in still water and a fallen log in the foreground.

Rock Creek, Winter

Edgar Nye, 1920

Oil portrait of an older man with white powdered hair, dark coat and white lace cravat against a dark red background.

George Washington

William Winstanley, 1803

Dark painting of several boat silhouettes with masts against a moody sky streaked with pale and rose clouds.

Ships in Moonlight

Alice Pike Barney

Black ink sketch of women in an arched interior, one nude figure raising her arms to arrange her long hair.

Girl Arranging Hair

Pen-and-ink sketch of earthworks and fields at Yorktown with an inset map of the York River and troop positions.

Present Appearance of British Entrenchment, Yorktown

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Charcoal sketch of a nude woman with raised arm standing before a mirror, with loose smudged shading.

Female Nude before Mirror

Pencil drawing of ruined stone fort walls and arches among rubble and grass, with a small site plan in the corner.

Ticonderoga

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Painting of a church interior with a yellow altar, rows of candles, a central cross, red curtains and blue-and-yellow painted

Church Interior

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Sepia architectural drawing of a tall gothic tower rising above a spired exposition building with arched windows.

Proposed-Perspective Elevation for an Art Exposition Building, and Tower 600 feet in height, representing New England…

n.d R. M. Chalmers, 1870

Pencil drawing of sailboats on a river framed by large trees, with a Victorian house on the far shore and walkers at right.

A Surburban Retreat

n.d Minnie Condon, 1880

Ink sketch of two nude women in an interior, one seated on a bench with a curtain and chair nearby.

Sitting Female Nude

Portrait of a woman in a black dress and white lace shawl beside a blue curtain and window, in a gilded frame.

Louisa Catherine Adams Clement

Mary Louisa Adams Clement, 1910

Watercolor of the Clifton Suspension Bridge over the Avon Gorge, with a sailing ship, a steamboat, and people on a path.

The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, England

n.d Olivia C. Starring, 1880

Boy in Peasant Costume

Mary Louisa Adams Clement, 1900

Painting of a green river valley with trees, pink wildflowers, a red-roofed farm and distant mountains under clouds.

Housatonic Valley

Frank von der Lancken, 1900

Two women sew on a sunny porch with a wooden table, a flower bowl, and a green rural landscape beyond.

The Sisters

Frank von der Lancken, 1900

Painting of a canyon with a waterfall and river, pale cliffs, pine trees and clouds under a bright sky.

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1900

Portrait of a Young Woman

Mary Louisa Adams Clement, 1910

Watercolor of a pale carved wolf figure with open jaws atop a log structure, with trees and hills in the background.

Indian Grave. Wolf Totem over Medicine Man Grave, Wrangell

Theodore J. Richardson, 1910

Loose painted portrait of a woman with short dark hair, red beaded necklace and patterned blouse against a yellow background.

Self-Portrait

Anne Goldthwaite, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a man with gray curled hair and blue eyes, wearing a blue coat and white cravat.

Captain John H. Seward

Captain John H. Seward, 1790

Watercolor of violet bellflower blossoms and buds on slender green stems against a cream background.

Bellflower (Campanula)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of purple prairieclover stems with cylindrical magenta and grey flower heads and feathery green leaves.

Purple Prairieclover (Petalostemon purpureum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a gentleman with grey powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Alexander Robertson, 1790

Watercolor of a figure in a striped white top reading an orange book on a colorful sofa.

Child on Sofa

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Watercolor of Arabis drummondii with white flowers, green leaves and a woody root on a pale background.

Arabis drummondii

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Hazy painting of a pale plaza with a tall obelisk, classical buildings, a carriage and small figures in coats and hats.

Place de la Concorde no. III

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Watercolor of a small pyrola plant with three stems of pink nodding flowers and green rounded leaves on cream paper.

Small Pyrola (Pyrola minor)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of cut toothwort plant with pale pink flowers, yellow centers and deeply lobed green leaves on thin stems.

Cut Toothwort (Dentaria laciniata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Painting of Osage warriors in feathered headdresses dancing with spears and axes, while a woman in white holds a child under

Osage Scalp Dance

John Mix Stanley, 1840

Watercolor of a glacier and waterfall above a valley of conifers, with small cabins in a meadow in the foreground.

Glacier and Falls

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curly hair, pearl headband, blue dress and white lace collar, against pale blue.

Marguerite Repiton (Mrs. Joseph)

Francis Rabineau, 1790

Watercolor study of a green caterpillar on a branch among serrated leaves, labeled Fig. 2.

Lunar Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair and white cravat in an open gold locket with enamel bail.

Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy

Charles Willson Peale, 1780

Watercolor of two red desert mariposa flowers with dark centers, buds, and slender green stems on cream paper.

Desert Mariposa (Calochortus kennedyi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Nur Jahan

Nur Jahan, 1770

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with curly brown hair, dark blue coat and black cravat, in a gold frame.

George Partridge Richardson

George Partridge Richardson, 1830

Portrait of a seated man in a dark suit and black cravat against a brown background, in a gilded frame.

James Morris

Henry Colton Shumway, 1840

Hazy painting of Notre Dame cathedral behind a plaza with small pedestrians and bare trees in warm light.

Notre Dame no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a hillside cornfield in autumn tones, with a small tree group at left and birds flying across a pale sky.

The Cornfield

Henry Ward Ranger, 1900

Oval miniature portrait of a man with dark curly hair in a black coat and white cravat, in an ornate silver frame.

Mr. Goodin

James P. Smith, 1830

Oval miniature portrait of a man with white powdered hair, blue coat and white ruffled cravat in a gold frame.

Dr. William Beekman

Alexander Robertson, 1790

Watercolor and pencil sketch of a stone convent beside cypress trees among rocky Mt. Sinai cliffs, with a lower mountain stud

Convent of Elijah, Mt. Sinai

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Greek Girl at the English Palace, Pera

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Portrait of a woman in a black gown with a white lace ruff, beaded headdress, and gold chain, with a coat of arms at upper le

Judith Langley

Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn, 1630

Miniature portrait of a woman with curled dark hair, dark dress and white lace collar, in a red velvet case.

Eliza Hooper

Eliza Hooper, 1820